Covering the United States Supreme Court in the digital age / edited by Richard Davis, Brigham Young University.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davis, Richard, 1955- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Supreme Court--Press coverage.

United States.

Courts of last resort--Press coverage--United States.

Courts of last resort.

Mass media--Law and legislation--United States.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 269 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The US Supreme Court seeks to withhold information about its deliberations, while the press's job is to report and disseminate this information. These two objectives conflict and create tension between the justices and the reporters who cover them; add to that the increasing demands for transparency in the digital age and the result is an interesting dynamic between an institution that seeks to preserve its opaqueness and a press corps that demands greater transparency. This volume examines the relationship between justices and the press through chapters that discuss facets such as coverage of the institution, the media's approach to the docket, and the effects of news coverage on public opinion. Additionally, two journalists who cover the court offer insights into the profession of reporting today, while two biographers of Supreme Court justices share the perspectives of those justices regarding the press.

Contents:

The symbiotic relationship between the U.S. Supreme Court and the press / Richard Davis

How and why the Supreme Court remains undercovered / Tyler Johnson

News coverage of the Supreme Court docket / Terri L. Towner and Rosalee A. Clawson

The Supreme Court and new media technologies / Vincent James Strickler

Explaining intermedia coverage of Supreme Court decisions / Richard L. Vining, Jr., and Phil Marcin

Constructing Harry Blackmun / Rorie Spill Solberg and Eric N. Waltenburg

On and off the Supreme Court beat : differences in newspaper coveage of the Supreme Court and the implications for public support / Nicholas LaRowe and Valerie Hoekstra

The placement of conflict : the Supreme Court and issue attention in the national media / Joseph Daniel Ura

How traditional journalists cover the Court in the new media age / David G. Savage

The Supreme Court and new media / Dahlia Lithwick

What the justices think of the press / Laura Moyer and Matthew Thornton

Justice Brennan and the press / Seth Stern

Justice John Paul Stevens and the press : Extra! Extra! Read all about it! / Bill Barnhart.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

ISBN:

1-316-14722-3

1-316-15026-7

1-316-14695-2

1-316-14948-X

1-316-15052-6

1-107-64249-3

1-316-14922-6

1-316-15000-3

1-316-14974-9

1-107-28059-1